Wednesday 7 August 1661

Called up at three o’clock, and was a-horseback by four; and as I was eating my breakfast I saw a man riding by that rode a little way upon the road with me last night; and he being going with venison in his pan-yards to London, I called him in and did give him his breakfast with me, and so we went together all the way. At Hatfield we bayted and walked into the great house through all the courts; and I would fain have stolen a pretty dog that followed me, but I could not, which troubled me.

To horse again, and by degrees with much ado got to London, where I found all well at home and at my father’s and my Lady’s, but no news yet from my Lord where he is.

At my Lady’s (whither I went with Dean Fuller, who came to my house to see me just as I was come home) I met with Mr. Moore, who told me at what a loss he was for me, for to-morrow is a Seal day at the Privy Seal, and it being my month, I am to wait upon my Lord Roberts, Lord Privy Seal, at the Seal. Home and to bed.

"Repeating the Experiment of the bladder was raisd 142 pounds & my Laquay, who was an heavy looby of 17 years old &c: A pouder of a plant was brought, which thrown into the fire [flashed] like Gun-powder:"

"... he being going with venison in his pan- yards to London..." guessing, leading to the modern pannier. pan [latin patina to open] many meanings, one: pan usually a broad shallow open container for domestic use...Pan try ... [panetrie fr L panis bread] place for bread. modern Panier Pannier {latin Panarium fr .Panis bread}large basket also used for ladies hoops or panniers in the 15 th century.Hoops or panniers could be made of whalebone, metal or wicker.[to effect fulness to prevent the need to Diet?]http://www.vintage-elegance.com/FP/Articles/cor...horse panniers Where does the yard fit in. May be from the remote meaning of storage areaI.e open basket for storing? just a guess.

laquay Dirk : now lackey [mf laquais] liveried servant, servile or toady. We today, forget that the lower 50% of the pop.[hoi polloi] of those Emerald Isles be not thought of as having names. Even Sam has very few comments of those ladds that refreshens the Nag with Oats, water and a good rub down while he checks out the scenery.Mind you, they be good for experiments.

A pannier today is a bag or pair of bags one hangs or attaches to either side of the back of a bike in order to carry spare clothing or equipment. I believe the term is also used for horseback and in this case was a type of saddlebag, as opposed to a basket.

I wonder how Sam planned to convey this dog to London. It would hardly have lain quietly across the saddle-bow unless trained to do so and the riding companion wouldn't have wanted to carry a dog, no matter how pretty, in the same panniers as the venison. Perhaps Sam's hired hack came equipped with panniers too?

I take 'troubled' in this context to mean irritated, annoyed, frustrated.

" a pretty dog that folloed me" If he follows me to the home can I keep it Mommy? It seems to me that early in the diary Sam threatened to throw their dog out of the window! Is he a dog lover or a dog hater?

"and I would fain have stolen a pretty dog that followed me, but I could not, which troubled me." I read this to mean that it was a lost dog that followed him on his horse, that he was troubled that he could not help the poor thing by taking it with him.

"..Maybe an evolved mispronunciation of the French pannier...." see piks: [cntl f and insert pann and giggle]"...Court fashions was the pannier, which was universally worn. But dress soon ceased to be a distinctive sign of the wearer's rank and profession, and Barbier complains in 1745 that money counts for everything in Paris, and that the middle-classes cannot keep their place..."http://www.englishcountrydancing.org/frenchfash...

Contrary to popular belief, "pannier" is not a French word, and should not be pronounced as one. The normal English pronunciation is: "PAN-yer". "Pannier" is, in fact derived from a French word: "panier", a basket (more specifically, a bread basket, from "pain", the French word for "bread." pronunciation pan'yar, -e-ar1. A large wicker basket, especially: a. One of a pair of baskets carried on the shoulders of a person or on either side of a pack animal

Locally, (welsh border) having your bait is the food you have late morning as breakfast, when you started work early. Used commonly by builders and farmers. And yes, Michelle, also used round here for your packed lunch at school.